Do We Have to Shift Three Doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine Instead of Four Doses in Chronic Renal Failure: Think Before Action

authors:

avatar Baris Afsar 1 , *

Department of Nephrology, Konya Numune State Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Hepatitis Monthly: Vol.13, issue 3; e8037
published online: March 13, 2013
article type: Letter
received: September 3, 2012
accepted: September 24, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.8037

how to cite: Afsar B. Do We Have to Shift Three Doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine Instead of Four Doses in Chronic Renal Failure: Think Before Action. Hepat Mon. 2013;13(3):e8037. https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.8037.

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